Dec 28 2007, 12:16 PM
QUOTE(Tzetsin @ Dec 27 2007, 01:48 AM)
Ive got the same problem as you brotha, my uncle just bought his girl a compaq presario f722ca, i happily told him it would be nothing for me to roll back the vista to a more appropriate for the hardware XP... was i wrong... 45 mins to install XP and a further 6 hours so far looking for drivers since hp decided not to support it.... anyway, a few successes, if you go to the hp website the dv900z drivers all work for this unit EXEPT the graphics card, because the .ini doesnt support the model. so try that out an i'll come back if i figure out the G card.
Added on December 27, 2007, 2:19 pm oki update... the dv9000z display drive DOES work, but you have to work around it a bit, use winrar or the likes to extract the softpack's .exe file. then go to device manager to update the display driver, choose install from a specific location, then, "dont search i will choose the driver to install" then pick display drivers in the list of hardware, then when it says it cant find anything, click on "have disk" then point the browser to the file you extracted, then ok, then choose geforce go 6150 from the list, and agree with your puter when it says things might go south if you install the driver, it installs fine, havnt used it enough to say for sure its 100 percent stable, tho i'm guessing that the way nvidia's drivers work if there is any problem it will be something hp did...
i find hp so annoying with display drivers, the dunderheads force you to use hp propriety drivers then dont even support the bloody things after the first release. So... if any HP engineers read this meby you can take a hint from the world of gamers... drivers need CONSTANT updating pretty well every time a new great game comes out, so if you cant put out, perhaps you could just leave the gpu's be an let us run nvidia's drivers...
I have been having the same problem in down converting a Compaq Presario f730US laptop to WinXP. All of the drivers have been found and work EXCEPT the video driver. I also have a Presario V6000 I bought last year and it has the GeForce Go 6150 driver installed and works like a charm. This newer version of the f730 refuses to work after the forced installation of the Go 6150 driver for XP that you described above. I have tried several versions of the driver both from Compaq (HP) and from Nvidia and none of them will install and work correctly. The best I can get is an installation that says the video driver cannot start (error code 10). I even tried working my way up the HP tech support system but keep getting the same tired answer "There is NO SUPPORT at HP for Windows XP with the F730US model." The default Generic Video Driver that Windows XP installs will work to give me 1024x768 with 32bit color support but none of the extended drivers for the 16x9 format are available without the Go 6150 driver working. I guess I should have purchased a business oriented Dell because they still allow Windows XP to be purchased on their computers if you desire it. I think Microsoft has been pushing the hardware vendors to only sell Vista as a way to sell more new computers and maybe even force a lack of support for XP via penalties of some sort.Added on December 27, 2007, 2:19 pm oki update... the dv9000z display drive DOES work, but you have to work around it a bit, use winrar or the likes to extract the softpack's .exe file. then go to device manager to update the display driver, choose install from a specific location, then, "dont search i will choose the driver to install" then pick display drivers in the list of hardware, then when it says it cant find anything, click on "have disk" then point the browser to the file you extracted, then ok, then choose geforce go 6150 from the list, and agree with your puter when it says things might go south if you install the driver, it installs fine, havnt used it enough to say for sure its 100 percent stable, tho i'm guessing that the way nvidia's drivers work if there is any problem it will be something hp did...
i find hp so annoying with display drivers, the dunderheads force you to use hp propriety drivers then dont even support the bloody things after the first release. So... if any HP engineers read this meby you can take a hint from the world of gamers... drivers need CONSTANT updating pretty well every time a new great game comes out, so if you cant put out, perhaps you could just leave the gpu's be an let us run nvidia's drivers...
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